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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Dreaded Mom Vortex

I had a lovely time today, spending it with Wolfgang and Meego. Wolfgang was getting his driver's permit. It's about time, since he'll be 16 in about another month. We spent an awesome 3 hours at the DMV.

We enticed Meego into coming, and we managed to pass the time with a variety of cheap entertainments. Played some rousing hangman, took a few educative walks, played some more rousing hangman.... It was a nice day out, so we could hang around outside away from the inside DMV queue and enjoy the lovely recession-hit strip mall sights and breathe in the fresh second-hand smoke. I give the waiting area outside the DMV a rating of "R" for language and sexuality.

Wolfgang was fretting about the vision test. He hasn't had an eye exam in a while - his choice. As the clock ticked on and on and on aND ON, I began to fret too. Really, at the 2 hours 45 minute point, I was pulling for him to pass that test probably harder than I did any of his year-end finals at school. Imagine going back there again, so soon. That would really take the specialness away.

And there's plenty of fun people-watching to do at the DMV. Here's a quick sketch of one of our lively fellow revelers.

4 comments:

I'm glad I stopped by because my daughter asked me to take her for a permit tomorrow. You've informed me that it can be a LONG process. And since we're traveling the next day and I need to do some serious packing, she'll have to wait until we get back.